#25 Men's Tennis Falls to #45 Penn on the Road

Friday, April 22

Philadelphia, PA

2:00 PM

Columbia University

University of Pennsylvania

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

4/22/2022 10:57:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Quakers overcome Lions 4-3 in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, PA -- Despite the Lions' best efforts, the #25 Columbia men's tennis team fell to #45 Penn 4-3 in Philadelphia. The Quakers went 3-0 in doubles play en route to securing an 11-0 record at home.

Playing from the second court, Hugo Hashimoto defeated Jason Hildebrandt in straight sets. The first-year grabbed the first set 6-2, before securing the victory 6-3. Classmate Max Westphal battled for a victory on the third court, defeating Aditya Gupta, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7.

From the fourth position Hennry Ruger collected yet another straight sets victory, defeating Kevin Zhu, 6-4, 6-3.

    In a battle of ranked opponents, the Quakers #78 Edoardo Graziani toppled No, 17 Alex Kotzen (6-3, 4-6, 6-4).

Columbia returns home Sunday to host Princeton in Westchester at 1:00 P.M.

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Results
    Doubles
1. No. 49 Graziani/Zhu (Penn) vs. No. 47 Max Westphal/Theo Winegar (Col.) – 5-2 DNF
2. Hildebrandt/Lim (Penn) def. Roko Horvat/Henry Ruger (Col.) – 6-2
3. Gupta/Parikh (Penn) def. Hugo Hashimoto/Alex Kotzen (Col.) – 6-2

        Singles
1. No. 78 Graziani (Penn) def. No. 17 Alex Kotzen (Col.)- 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
2. Hugo Hashimoto (Col.) def. Hildebrandt (Penn) – 6-2, 6-3
3. Max Westphal (Col.) def. Gupta (Penn) – 6-2, 3-6, 5-7
4. Henry Ruger (Col.) def. Zhu (Penn) – 6-4, 6-3
5. Parikh (Penn) def. Austen Huang (Col.) – 6-3, 6-4
6. Sai (Penn) def. Roko Horvat (Col.) – 6-2, 6-3